Aquatic Invasions with Improved Scopus CiteScore and Q1 Rank in Aquatic Science

The Scopus CiteScore for 2025 for Aquatic Invasions has been published and shows an improved score of 5.0, up from 4.0 in 2024. Notably, the journal has moved up from Q2 to Q1 in the Aquatic Science category, reflecting its growing citation impact in this field. The journal’s Impact Factor for 2025 was reported as 2.1,and ranked Q2 in the Marine & Freshwater Biology category.

Traditionally announced in June, the Scopus CiteScore is a dynamic academic metric that reflects the citation rate of the content published in a particular journal over a past period. A Scopus CiteScore is estimated for each journal indexed in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

The CiteScore is derived by dividing the number of citations received over the past four full calendar years by the number of peer-reviewed publications published in that same timeframe. Only citations originating from other Scopus-indexed sources are included in the calculation. The Scopus CiteScore 2025 reflects data from 2022 to 2025.

Complementing this annual metric, Scopus also maintains the CiteScoreTracker, which offers a monthly update based on the same formula but incorporates citation data from the ongoing year, offering a more immediate view of the journal's citation dynamics.

The latest Scopus CiteScore and CiteScoreTracker are automatically displayed on the journal website's homepage and they also appear in the journal's newsletter.